Canton of Bern shows "Melody of Noise"
The documentary film "Melody of Noise" by Gitta Gsell about musical sound inventors from Switzerland has been included in a selection of candidates for the Bern Film Prize, which will be shown as a "Sélection" in the canton's cinemas.
According to the synopsis, the film accompanies "musicians for whom the existing is not enough". Jet engines in music who have passionately dedicated themselves to new, unknown, never-before-heard sounds. They build new instruments, work with everyday noises and often the superficial noise becomes sound.
Director Gitta Gsell, who previously made the film "Bödälä - Dance the Ryhthm", portrays musicians who are searching for new sounds. The protagonists are Bruno Spoerri, Julian Sartorius, Stefan Heuss, Bubble Beatz, Peter Roth, Andres Bosshard, Saadet Türköz and Big Zis.
The films of the Bernese "Sélection" are shown as a selection of current Bernese filmmaking at the "Berner Filmpreis Festival / Le Festival du prix bernois du cinéma". Over the following ten days, the participating cinemas and cultural venues will screen the "Sélection" films, in many places accompanied by discussions with the filmmakers. Visitors to the festival have the opportunity to award two audience prizes.
The conclusion and highlight of the "Berner Filmpreis Festival / Le Festival du prix bernois du cinéma" is the announcement of the winners of the Audience Awards and the Bernese Film Awards 2016 on Sunday, October 30, 2016, 4.30 pm, at the Lichtspiel cinema in Bern.
More info:
www.bernerfilmpreisfestival.ch
